VIOLA.........

I Never realised there where so many variities of Violet, aren't they wonderul.
I think i will go for the traditional deep violet colour .

the flowers are bloomin' marvelous........

I adore poppies and have always had them in my gardens, I love the fact that I didn't actuallt plant these , I scattered seeds last year and these have appeared, just magical.

the mavelous violas, or pansy's I'm not sure what they are, are from last year and totally unexpected, but wonderful. next year I'm going to plant some violets, traditional ones, huighly scented I've found a wonderful violet specialist in cornwall.
who says there is no such thing as magic, if you have a garden you are surrounded by magic every day

my idea of fun!!!

ah!! a betty davies film on, a cosy corner and a pile of books, magazines and papers to sort, all in a comfy chair with a cup of Rose tea. some people are just easy to please, thats me , just easy!!

the ripple is progressing

some one has claimed it already, well it's passed the cuddle test!!


look what I got at the car boot sale for £1.50!! bargin, I just love this picture, and the surround is leather, very funky!!can't remember what it's called , but I love her ferret!

another bargin, £2 the lot!!

WHAT DID I DO TODAY?

i HAD A BIRTHDAY! MY 42ND! YAY!! there is no subtlety in this house regarding birthdays. I regard them as well worth celebrating in the " phew ! I made it through another year!!!" mode


Birthday Cake , made by me, eaten by me!! A WONDERFUL RECIPE FOR LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE FROM Attic24

can you see him yet?

this is a present from my mother, I just think that is the most wonderful smiley face!!!

waving , not drowning............

this is the wavy blanket, it is rather large, so I'm not putting myself under any pressure to get it finished within a time limit, but just enjoy the process. And no, there is no colour plan, just random picking!!, but it will be BRIGHT!!!



This is a new friend I've made whilst weeding the garden, she/he chirrups and I chirrup back, we have some great conversations, she/he makes a lot of sense and has some very wise words.
Just off on a tangent for a moment. When I say weeding, it's understood that i mean taking 'out' the weeds, but if I was 'planting' or 'seeding' a lawn, for instance, I'd be adding, not removing!! Don't you just love the English language, I'd love to learn Latin!!!

growing in dorset

you can grow some amazing things in dorset




Who needs cows, isn't this how everyone gets there milk!!!! perfect slug guards and frost protectors!!! there's spinich under there, in case you're interested



when a lovely flower smiles at you , you just have to smile back.




bees are just amazing creatures, and such lovely fuzzy bottoms!!!

how time flys

well I was trying to be good and blog more regularly, but the sun and the weeds and the above beauty has devoured all my time. we still have a few panes missing , but come this weekend, i will be moving all my gardening stuff in and having a play!!!!

that is "the scotsman", inside, he is responsible for the complete rebuilding of the green house, it was a wreck hidden in bracken and nettles, he's had to dig it out piece by piece , reassemble the bits he had and construct the woooden frame pieces, all from old pallets, total cost £45!!! and a lot of love. blood. sweat and tea!!!
I'm soo proud, of him and the greenhouse.

beauties...........

I think I will have to great some of these lovelies to put in the flowerbeds for the summer. ranuculas, wonderful word to roll around your mouth too

stepping through the door.................

I'm still fairly new to the blog world , also the crochet world, so I love it when I find a new blog, and this is a wonderful one:


http://attic24.typepad.com/


I'm still trying to find my "Style" for my blog, and my life come to that, and greatly admire blogs like the above that have a wonderful feel to them, I have a whole list of favourites, that I log on to nearly every day, knowing that they will make me smile and give that warm and fuzzy feeling. so "thank you" ladies.

I've mentioned my 7 yr personallity change therory, and the fact that this year ,my 42nd, is the end of a 7yr period. Normally I feel the changes in small hops along the 7 yrs, however this year I can feel myself changing in huge leaps!! it's quite strange, not unpleasent, but strange!!!

wonderful................

The above is just my idea of heaven, a minimalist girl I am not!!give me colour and clutter every time!!

This belongs to Count and Countess Hubert d'Ornano, founders of the Sisley cosmetic empire. and to see more, go to the wonderful blog
http://creativeflairchic.blogspot.com/
she has the most amazing posts, all colour and glamour

I'm such a magpie........

I love this necklace, It's a series of marbles with 2 different images on each side.

This is what I wear every day. I feel naked without any of it. The front two are my engagement and wedding ring. I had the wedding ring made to fit the wiggle in the engagement ring. as you can see I'm very much a silver girl and none to subtle either . "Less is more" is NOT my way.

soo shiny

I have a ( small) collection of jewelery with bees as the theme, these are a pair of earrings bought for me by the wonderful Scotsman, my husband. I have a thing about Hares as well, but can't find that much jewelry with them on.

new crochet...........

Yay!! I've finally started a ripple blanket, I've wanted to do one for a while, but It's taken time for me to learn how to read a pattern and understand it, and of course a few trial runs, but now I've got it , it still seems sooo easy!!

I still have to finish this beauty!!!

and this 'Cath Kidson ' inspired one is still a work in progress, still a few to go.

I figure I need 150 squares to make the size i want, each of these piles are 10, only another 104 to go.

I've been thinking..............

Fairy godmother what should I do?although I think she's more the fairy-cake fairy!

I've been thinking about the what and the how of my blog. I'm still fairly new to it all, but should it be purely to show the things I create? or maybe my interestes? or a way of highlighting my 'things for sale' ( with my current financial situation ie: dreadful!!!) to raise some money.

should I be putting in such personal details? !!!! oh how confusing I feel like Alice down the hole!.

most of the advice states to 'focus' , but this I find very difficult, I'm a magpie, I like shiney shiney and so many different things, how can i just focus on one.

I think I will just have to go with what I feel like at the time. So this blog will end up as a sort of 'dolly mixture' of me. which is just like me really!!! so It fits perfectly!!!

slow down............

I really should take a leaf out of Levi's book
"You are feeling sleepy" said Tyson
Yep levi's got it off to a fine art, this relaxing thing

what can I say! move over lads!!

in between the snow............

I can see you!...... what a cutie!!!

Again excuse the strange colour, maybe it was the strange weather.
I love the English weather, snowing one moment, sun shine the next and all in April, supposedly spring!!!
I have been to to the far east, spending Christmas day in a tee shirt, sweltering was very strange. I 'm a very pale skinned , green eyed and slightly freckly person, so hot weather is not really my thing, but today was bizarre, how wonderful!!!
as Billy Connolly says
" there's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing" Well said!

the veg patch doesn't look too inspiring, that's the garlic at the front, you wait !!!!I'll show you me onions later!!!

the lavender ladies, enjoying the sunshine

and the kitchen window sill, where else would you grow your seedlings!!! let me introduce you, from left to right, that's lemon coriander, sweet peas, sunflowers, and basil.
and this is normal coriander and lemon coriander again, she's a bit pushy,